Mahfud MD Calls The Republic Of Indonesia's 2022 GPA Not Only An Assessment To The Executive, But Also Legislative And Judicative

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. (Instagram mohmahfudmd)

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD considers the corruption perception index (GPA) score in Indonesia in 2022 to drop by 4 points to 34 not only an assessment of the executive, but also in the legislature and judiciary.

The executives in the state administration system based on the constitution mean the government, while the legislature is the DPR and the judiciary consists of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court and Judicial Commission.

"In the executive, it seems that we are all out, and the evidence is that we will increase law enforcement. But corruption is when making laws, corruption during the judicial process and so on. And those who don't know, sometimes they just blame the executive," he said in Bantul, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), Friday 3 February, confiscated by Antara.

Mahfud said the government's job is only to carry out the constitution of the rules set by the DPR. The government's firmness, he said, in eliminating various loopholes and the potential for abuse should not enter into the process in a domain process in the process of making the constitution.

Even in the judicial system in the law, he continued, the government is prohibited from causing trouble at all.

"We only arrest people, submit them to the court, if they are released by the court, we will not interfere because of the legal assumptions in democracy, the court is free, it cannot be interfered with by the government," he said.

Because of that, he said, so far and will continue to seriously prevent corruption. He also reminded President Jokowi's order asking law enforcement officials to "bit" strongly the perpetrators of corruption.

"The president said the main thing is not to be indiscriminate, the President has said I would 'bit' myself if I knew that. This means that it is handed over to the KPK or to the Attorney General's Office, and the Attorney General's Office as we know it has done it seriously for that," he said.

As previously reported, Indonesia's GPA or corruption perception index (CPI) slumped to 4 points in 2022. Mahfud also admitted that he was hit by this fact.

"Yes, it was hit but I thought it would be crowded," said Mahfud in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 1.

Even so, Mahfud said the score was only a matter of perception. Moreover, recently many hand arrest operations (OTT) have been carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

IPK RI slumped four points from 38 to 34. This assessment was conveyed by Transparency International Indonesia (TII). This was conveyed by TII on Tuesday, January 31.